For 20% of California, half the paycheck or more goes to housing

“How expensive?” tracks measurements of California’s totally unaffordable housing market.The pain: Housing eats up at least half of paychecks in one-fifth of California households.The source: My trusty spreadsheet looked at the latest Census Bureau stats tracking household expenses in 2023, focusing
Read MoreUnhinged, A Dating Series: Would You Pay to Talk to a Match?

“I already don’t think I’m going to like this app… Is it going to make me pay to have interactions?” texted my friend Megan (not her real name) after signing up for the GoGetter dating app. Created by La Jolla resident Andrea Miller, the app was made to “bring together singles who share similar life
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One of the key failures that led San Diego to spend more than $200 million and counting on the still-uninhabitable 101 Ash St. office tower was the city’s reliance on an appraisal paid for by the company marketing the property.Former Mayor Kevin Faulconer and the San Diego City Council never verifie
Read More The New Era of D1 Athletics for UCSD

LionTree Arena is the same, and so are the practices there. Head coach Eric Olen is on the sideline, as he has been for 20 years. And UC San Diego remains one of the best universities on the planet. But the UCSD community is coming together like never before, and it’s not because of a groundbreaking
Read MoreAre San Diego’s homes listed too high? One study thinks so

San Diego home sellers may have been too ambitious with their listing prices.San Diego County homes are taking longer to sell and there are other signs buyers would rather walk away than make a purchase, said a new report from Orange County-based Reports on Housing.The real estate research firm said
Read More15 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: October 24–27

It’s not quite Halloween yet… but that hasn’t stopped San Diego institutions from hosting all the spooky events this weekend. Get ghostly with the dancers of the Rosin Box Project, boogie with the party ghouls in Hillcrest, or go trick-or-treating in Little Italy. But don’t worry—if your costume’s n
Read MoreThe Best Things to Do in San Diego This Month: Nov. 2024

November is here, bringing cooler weather and the realization that 2025 is almost over. It’s the perfect time to enjoy pumpkin-flavored drinks and wear a beanie in San Diego without ridicule. This month, take part in vibrant Día de Muertos festivities, Thanksgiving gatherings, and a lineup of exciti
Read MoreOpulent La Jolla oceanside mansion goes for sale for a record $108M. Can anyone afford it?

San Diego’s most over-the-top mansion is for sale and, if it sells for close to the asking price, it could break all sorts of records.The Sand Castle mansion at 1900 Spindrift Drive in La Jolla has an asking price of $108 million. It sits above the ocean near the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club and h
Read MorePhotos: Human Rights Campaign San Diego Fundraiser 2024

The 2024 Human Rights Campaign San Diego Annual Fundraiser, held on August 10 at the Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, was a sold-out event aimed at supporting LGBTQ+ equality efforts. The event featured a welcome reception followed by a formal dinner, with all proceeds fueling HRC’s advocacy work.
Read MoreMCASD’s New Exhibit Exams Illness & Disability

The twitch of a finger. The twist of a palm. At first, it looks like a hand simply moving in space. But then you see it for what it is: a dance. These are the rhythmic, deliberate maneuvers of choreographer Yvonne Rainer, filmed in 1966 as she recovered from surgery in a hospital bed.This dance welc
Read MoreMCASD’s New Exhibit Examines Illness & Disability

The twitch of a finger. The twist of a palm. At first, it looks like a hand simply moving in space. But then you see it for what it is: a dance. These are the rhythmic, deliberate maneuvers of choreographer Yvonne Rainer, filmed in 1966 as she recovered from surgery in a hospital bed.This dance welc
Read MoreDiverse Research Now Looks to Bring Racial Equity to Medical Trials

In the early 1950s, a doctor at Johns Hopkins Hospital sampled cells from Henrietta Lacks, a young Black woman dying of cervical cancer. Those samples became the basis for the polio vaccine, in vitro fertilization, gene mapping, and other breakthroughs in biomedical research—but the cells were taken
Read MoreA Perfect House, High Above Noe Valley, $6.3M

Since the Dot-Com Boom of the late 90—its later implosion—the 2008 financial crash, and the subsequent recovery of the economy, San Francisco’s charming Noe Valley and its surrounding hillsides have remained one of the town’s most valued and resilient neighborhoods. Thanks to strict development and
Read MoreUCSD Studying The Links Between Global Warming & Pollutants in Fish

The world’s oceans are in trouble—this we know. What we’re less sure about are the best ways to protect our waters and the delicious fish that call them home.But San Diego is on the case.This April, UC San Diego was awarded a $7.35 million multidisciplinary grant from the National Science Foundation
Read MoreCan You Predict the Future Health of Your Child? These Scientists Say Yes

If you were given the chance to see into the future, would you take it? For new parents Mandy and Morgan Moseley, the answer was yes. When their baby was just two months old, the couple turned to Fore Genomics for a glimpse of what might be on the horizon. “I have a lot of health issues in my family
Read MoreHow the San Diego Zoo’s Platypuses Are Helping Save Their Species

“[Platypuses] are all kinds of wrong,” says Hendrik Nollens, vice president of Wildlife Health with San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. “They’re a mammal, they lay eggs, they have a mouth that looks like the bill of a duck, the males are venomous…” Still, watching the Frankensteined critters—the only t
Read More17 Things to Do in San Diego This Weekend: Oct. 17–20

Celebrate the best part of the week with 17 exciting things to do in San Diego, from a bunch of boozy festivals to a Stranger Things–inspired musical and a gathering of zine makers and enthusiasts, plus several other San Diego events.Food & Drink | Concerts & Festivals | Theater & Art Exhibits | Mor
Read More10 of the Best Wedding Venues in San Diego

If you’ve recently gotten engaged, congratulations! And if you’re planning to celebrate your nuptials locally, you’re in luck—almost every kind of wedding venue can be found within a 15-mile radius of most neighborhoods.Thanks to our consistently temperate weather, conveniently located airport, and
Read MorePalomar Health to Open New USD Wellness Center

Palomar Health knows most things are better with friends. In 2025, the organization is partnering with the University of San Diego to open the Palomar Health Wellness Center, an 80,000-square-foot, multipurpose facility providing wellness resources for the USD campus community and beyond. Sports, co
Read MoreRady Children’s Hospital to Open New $1.2B Facility in 2028

For Rady Children’s Hospital, the future means expansion. In August of last year, Rady broke ground on a new, seven-story tower. The facility, estimated to cost upwards of $1.2 billion, will house 140 intensive care unit beds and four operating rooms, doubling the size of the emergency department an
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